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(See Upcoming Events) September 18 (Entire 2004 Schedule) |
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3SS, G29 September 11,
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The CCC has 107 current members. This is our 58th Wendy's 5 Rd event. The Record for the total playing in 1 Rd is 48, total participating is 78, for a Smokehouse 3 Rd event 38. Total Tournaments Directed Since 1991 Robert Singletary 160 Leland Fuerstman 188 |
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NEWS & VIEWS 8-26-04
Rangarajan 1st Place in Top; Ozherelyev, Eberhardinger "B"; Gatlin "C"; G. Song, Betts Lower Section of Wendy's LVIII - Free Food Again Next Week !! Charlotte,
NC 8-25-04: A grand total of 48
of the Charlotte area's most courageous competitors made no excuses and
happily participated in Wendy's LVIII. "FREE" food was the
order of the day as each entry received a coupon for a "Free Super
Value menu Item from Wendy's! Free food
again next week!
In the Top Section winning his 1st Title, the CCC's
new #1 player, celebrating his 25th Birthday on 8-26,
FIDE Master Karthik Rangarajan (2584p)
outplayed rising star Expert Michael "See You Are; See You Are You" Curcuru
(2126) (See Game 0418)
to take clear 1st Place with 4.5-.5
and win $100. Equal 2nd-3rd were
current N.C. Invitational Champion, the pride of Crouse, N.C., Frankie
"Neutron" Newton (2264)  who
manhandled Shawn "Arlo" Pealer (1992) and scored 3.5-1.5
along with NM Leland "El-Grandpa"Fuerstman
(2000)  who
promptly busted the good Reverend Bernard "King" Baker's (1820) King's
Indian Defense. In addition, Expert Patrick "Flanker" McCartney
(2024)
survived a botched operation and checkmated the good Dr. Gerard "the Butcher"
Sztyber (1746). In the "B" Section, equal 1st-2nd Place was
shared by "Iron" Mike Eberhardinger (1666) who beat down
Ankit "Butch" Jivan (1665) (well, after all, he is higher rated!) and
Viktor
"the Mad Russian" Ozherelyev (1614) who did a little fortune telling
of his own against Kert "Oracle" Edward (1552) each with
2
points. In addition,
Paul "Survivalist" Lucas (1600) stole
the trumpet of Spencer "Jazzman" Singleton (1581). In the "C" Section,
Winfred
"Guns"
Gatlin (1506)
again took clear 1st Place with a respectable
3.5-1.5
after
hisfinal round victory over Jonathan "Hornet" Hudson (1459) winning "Free
Entry" into the next Smokehouse! In addition,
Marty
"Fritz" Katz (1468) dunked on Darrell "Lil'Kobe" Spencer (1333)
while Jim "Sticks" Ulaky (1505) crashed his head between two cymbals after
being upset by Ilgin "the Mad Turk" Birsan
(1141)! In the
Lower
Section, equal 1st-2nd with
3-1
were
F.
Dean Betts (1148) and Greg Song (966) each winning 1/2
"Free
Entry" into the next Smokehouse! All
results may be observed on the "Current Crosstable."Next
Smokehouse Saturday,
September 18.
Editor
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Rangarajan 3-0
in Top; Edward, Grechka Take Lower Section of Smokehouse LIV
Charlotte,
NC 8-21-04: A
grand total of 17 of
the Metrolina area's most competent competitors
participated in  Smokehouse
LIV.
In the Top Section, welcome addition to the CCC, 24 year
old FIDE Master Karthik Rangarajan (FIDE2306)
reported victories over Ken "the Terrible" Ivens (1629), Shawn "Arlo" Pealer
(1992) and NM Justin "Dog" Daniel (2195) to take clear 1st Place
with 3-0
and pocket $100.
Rangarajan's
current USCF performance rating is 2557!
Equal 2nd-4th were NM Justin "Dog" Daniel, Ken
"the Terrible" Ivens and Viktor "the Mad Russian" Ozherelyev(who
upset LF in Rd:1) each with 2-1
winning $17.  In
the Lower Section, Kert "Oracle" Edward (1552)
bested Winfred "Guns" Gatlin (1506) and Samuel "Reshevsky" Xin (1076) before
splitting the point with John "the Mad Siberian" Grechka
(1365) who prevailed over Colette Wheeless (1415) and Laurin Keller (1484).
Each scored 2.5-.5
and pocketed $45.
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view complete crosstable (Click Here) (Fuerstman
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Next Smokehouse September 18. See ya' there!
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2004 North Carolina Scholastic Champions |
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Daniel Tapia |
Laura Lee |
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Kevin Huang |
Joshua Mu |
Tapia Uses "Swiss Gambit";
Achieves Master Title With 2550+ Performance Rating at World Open!
Philadelphia,
PA 7-6-04: CCC Favorite
Son, three time NC Scholastic Champion Daniel "Johnny" Tapia
(2159)
represented the state of North Carolina in quite an extraordinary fashion
after he took a half point Bye in Rd:1. He then realed off wins against
IM Jay Bonin (2405), IM Mark Ginsberg (2435)
and WGM Keteva Arakhamia- Grant (2452) before slipping against GM Alexander
Ivanov (2623). Next, he Drew IM Nikolai Andrianov (2433), Lost to GM Pavel
Blatny (2547) defeated Bruce Leverett (2337) and finally Drew 16 year old
superstar FM Lev Milman (2472) to score 5.5
and take home Top Under 2300 honors and $2,300!
The average rating of his opponents was 2463!
His performance rating was a whopping 2556!
And, according to the USCF Rating Calculator his new rating will be 2248!
This should move him to the "Top 10" for 18 year olds in the Nation. Wow!!
Congratulations Daniel. Keep up the great work!!
Honorable mention goes to Expert Chris "the Babe" Mabe 
(2069) who did not lose a single game, including a final round pawn down
Draw versus a 2199, and finished =8th-18th in the Under 2200 Section with
6.5
winning
$2,000.
His performance rating was 2374
and his new rating should be 2124!
Fantastic results, Chris! You are on your way to Mastery! |
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Top Section: 1st Place $100. cash "B" Section: Free Entry to Smokehouse ($20) "C" Section: Free Entry to Smokehouse ($20) Lower Section: Free Entry to Smokehouse ($20) Winners must have at least 3 points. |
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"Bobby
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Greensboro,
N.C. 8-1-04: CCC Favorite Son NM-elect Daniel
"Johnny" Tapia added
yet another feather to his cap in Greensboro last weekend as he took clear
1st
Place in the Under 2200 Section of the LPO with
4.5-.5
and pocketed $5,000. Other strong CCC
finishers were Bernard "King" Baker =5th-7th with
3.5-1.5
in the Under 2000 Section, Michael "the Lip" Lipkin
clear 1st Place with 5-0 in
the Under 1800 Section,
Frank "Moo" Mu and
Michael
"the Savage"
Savage =2nd-6th with 4-1 in
the Under
1800 Section. |
Team Wheeless Rolls at FCB; Colette 3-0!
Charlotte,
N.C. 8-7-04: Team Wheeless rolled over
the opposition at the Fake Copper
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this past weekend  when
after starting 3rd lowest rated in a 16 player section, Colette
Wheeless (1415) reported wins against Kevin "Spacey" Huang (1665), "Mean"
Matthew Green (1659) and sister Amelia Wheeless (1545) to score 3-0
and take home $100.  Amelia
(1545) bested Laura Lee (1746) and Thomas Paradis (1455) to score 2-1.
Congratulations ladies! You have done the CCC proud! |
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Mabe =1st-3rd in U2200 at U.S. Open! Dallas, Tx 8-12-04:
CCC
Expert Chris "the Babe" Mabe (2104) just
returned from the U.S. Open where he scored 6.5-2.5!
His strong result won him a share of the Under 2200 money
finishing equal 1st-3rd and winning $1,333!
(Now
that Tapia has unofficially made Master, Mabe just may be in the right
position to assume the honor of "CCC Favorite Son!") Honorable
Mention goes to Tom "Terrific" Waymouth
5.5-3.5,
Patrick
"Flanker" McCartney
5-4 and Scott
"Alec" Baldwin
4-5. Good work, guys! |